My girls love picking out their favorite veggies and fruit, and I enjoy the sea breezes and the great prices. For $11, I purchased a small watermelon, four peaches, two plums, a bag of sugar snap beas, a bundle of spinach and a small head of broccoli.

After the market, we cooled off in the splash park. Recently renovated, the new and improved splash park offers more water spouts, new restrooms, more play space for the playground equipment, picnic tables and benches, and new showers for rinsing off after playing in the sand at the beach.

This time of year the ocean water is warmer, and the girls enjoyed taking their buckets down to the waters edge to collect shells.

Although we didn't walk on the pier during this trip, it is popular for viewing the ocean and for fishing. Cost is $1 for sightseeing on the pier, and only $1 for a day fishing pass. Admission is free for ages 6 and younger.

And our visit would not be complete without a treat from Rita's Italian Ice, 380 A1A Beach Blvd., next door and just south of the pier park.